Rob Beckett cancels Scottish gigs

Comic 'not well enough to give you the best show'

Rob Beckett has cancelled two gigs in Scotland this week after falling ill.

The comic was due to play the Aberdeen Music Hall tonight and Edinburgh Playhouse tomorrow as part of his Giraffe tour. However, they have now been rescheduled to January.

Writing on social media, he said: ‘Hello everyone, I'm so sorry but I'm not well and can't do the shows in Scotland this week.

‘Aberdeen has been rescheduled to Wednesday 14th Jan 2026 and Edinburgh has been rescheduled to Thursday 15th Jan 2026. The venue will be in touch but tickets remain valid for both shows.

‘I hate doing this, but I'm not well enough to give you the best show possible, but I look forward to seeing you all at the new shows.’

These were the last two gigs in this leg of the Giraffe tour, which continues in September.

Beckett recently spoke of how he wants to step back from stand-up tours temporarily to spend time with his young family.

He has two daughters, aged about seven and nine, with wife Louise and told The Sun in March: 'I’ll still do stand-up and local clubs and charity gigs but I’m going to take a break from touring until the kids are 16 or 17.

‘Then I’ll do a big tour when they’re sixth form and when they go to uni, me and Lou are going to spend Feb and March in Australia bumming around. When I’m 50 I want to do a psychology degree.’

Beckett also today posted a trailer for the kids’ animated film Grand Prix of Europe, in which he voices the character of Enzo. The film, which also features Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Gemma Arterton, Hayley Atwell and Lenny Henry, is released on August 22.